by Kat Statman There’s a lot going on in the world of cyclocross this week. We have the Euro racers getting ready for the next World Cup, or in the case of Tom Meeusen, just getting ready for the next chance he has to race. Jonathan Page is rumored to be moving to a new [...]
by Kat Statman Americans hold three of the top 10 places in the UCI Cyclocross World Rankings. In first there is the obvious Zdenek Stybar, a rider who has dominated every early season European race he has entered, but second place goes to America’s own Jeremy Powers, followed by Tim Johnson in third and Ryan [...]
Aigle, Switzerland – Czech cyclocross star Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has started the 2010/2011 cyclocross season exactly where he finished last season – out in front and on top. The world champion proudly displayed his rainbow stripes at the front of the race, taking an early lead on the first lap and pushing the pace through [...]
As the year’s first World Cup rapidly approaches – on Sunday in Aigle, Switzerland – Zdenek Stybar (Telent-Fidea) continued his impressive start to the season by claiming his fifth consecutive win today in Ardooie, Belgium. Stybar and Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) came into the finishing stretch together, and Nys launched his final attack a [...]
by Bart Hazen Ruddervoorde, Belgium – World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) is the man of the moment. After winning the opening race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Namur last week, he was also the best in the opening race of the Superprestige series in Ruddervoorde. In sunny weather conditions, Stybar won after shedding Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant [...]
by Jamie Mack While most of us are focused on the impending season, with some of us already realizing what the off-season has done to us, non-’cross events have been shifted out of our collective focus. But for many of the stars that we follow, including some of the top Americans, there is one more [...]
Champery, Switzerland, was the site of the fourth round of the MTB World Cup series this past weekend, playing host to some of our favorite ’crossers. The spoils of the XC race went to the pure mountain bikers, with American Todd Wells taking top cyclocross honors with his twelfth place finish, an impressive four places [...]
We reported recently on Sven Nys and Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) pounding their mountain bike pedals into podium spots in Belgium’s National Cup series, but are sad to say that neither was able to crown himself the MTB King of Belgium.
Having previously taken the gold at Kester and Averbode, on July 4th Sven Nys again won at the Fidea Mountain Bike Cup at St. Vith, the fifth race of Belgian Grand Prix series. Nys’ main rival going into the Cup, Zdenek Stybar, had a bit of bad luck on the day.
by Robbie Carver Wrapping up our coverage of the five day Tour of Belgium, Sven Nys showed his class by coming out on top among the cyclocrossers. Nys finished in 22nd place, 3:11 down from Quick Step’s overall winner Stijn Devolder and twenty-five seconds ahead of 23rd placed (and Italian national cyclocross champion) Enrico Franzoi.
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